May 16, 2025

Your guide to adopting a learning transfer mindset

Like many terms, the phrase ‘learning transfer’ seems to mean different things to different people.

Paul says “Every definition I have seen talks about the application of learning. So the term learning transfer means much more than just transfer, or movement, of learning from one place to another. It also means the translation of that learning into effective action that improves job performance.”

In this guide, we will focus on training as the formal learning intervention. But the same ideas and processes could be applied to eLearning, action learning sets, coaching interventions, and anything else you might consider as ‘formal learning’, or that would fall into the ‘10’ of the 70:20:10 learning model.

Read the guide here

Eva McCann

Sales & Marketing Manager at People Alchemy

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